Kozhikkodan Pista Halwa (കോഴിക്കോടന് പിസ്ത ഹല്വ)
Ingredients
1.5 Cup all purpose flour4 cups of water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Coconut oil (Substitute with vegetable oil)
few drops of green food color
1/4 cup Pista, lightly crushed
2-3 cardamom,crushed
Preparation
Mix all purpose flour with water to make a thin batter(Looks like milk,little bit thicker though). Add food color. Heat this mixture in a thick bottomed vessel with continued stirring.
Add sugar, when the mixture thickens. Continue stirring. When the mixture thickens again, add the cardamom powder, pista and start adding the oil, 1 tbsp at a time,continue stirring until halwa separate from the vessel, add more oil if required. Transfer to a greased pan and cut into pieces after cooling down.